WEST JAPAN RAILWAY CO. TO PUT ITS WORKFORCE ON TEMPORARY LEAVE

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• West Japan Railway Co. to put its workforce on temporary leave.
• JR West mentioned that about 1,000 employees a day will be on leave between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28.
• Travel demand has been low due to the spread of the novel co...

JR EAST AND WEST RAILWAY CO. TO INTRODUCE TIME-BASED FARE SYSTEM

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• JR East and West Railway Co. to introduce a time-based fare system.
• Under this system, tickets would be made more expensive and other times cheaper during rush hours.
• The high prices would be for busy periods such as the ...

RISING COVID-19 CASES IN THE WORLD LEADS TOKYO STOCKS TO OPEN LOW ON FRIDAY

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• Rising COVID-19 cases in the world lead Tokyo stocks to open low on Friday.
• The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 167.65 points.
• Topix index of all First Section issues on the TSE was down by 4.29 points.
• Sto...

JAPAN RAILWAY CO. FIND TECH SOLUTIONS WITH SEVERAL FIRMS TO HELP VISUALLY IMPAIRED

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• Japan Railway Co. find tech solutions with several firms to help visually impaired.
• West Japan Railway Co. on Sept. 3 revealed its new navigation system for the visually impaired.
• Progress Technologies firm based in Toky...

TENRI UNIVERSITY REPORTS COVID-19 CLUSTER INFECTION; JAPAN REPORTS 640 NEW CASES

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• Tenri University reports COVID-19 cluster infection; Japan reports 640 new cases.
• Nara prefectural government mentioned that 24 rugby players were infected with the virus.
• Tokyo reported 161 new infection cases on Monday....

GARDEN TOURISM TO BE PROMOTED IN WEST JAPAN

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• Garden tourism is a tactic to boost the regional popularity of western Japan
• Six western Japan municipal governments have applied for the garden tourism program

The United States and Europe had promoted garden tourism as ...